### 30.2 Mapping paragraph formats

By default, if you do not explicitly map formats to HTML tags, DITA2Go does the following:

- Uses <p> as the tag for all paragraph formats.
- Treats all character formats as overrides.
- Creates tags for all format properties, including overrides.
- Converts all tag names to valid CSS names, without spaces or non-alphanumeric characters, leading digits, or accented characters (the latter become unaccented).

This might be adequate, especially if you are using CSS. However, you might want your headings to come out with <h n> styles, your emphasized text to be tagged <em>, and your lists to become real HTML indented lists, without requiring CSS.

In this section:

§30.2.1 Assigning HTML tags and attributes to paragraph formats

§30.2.2 Designating script paragraph formats

§30.2.3 Overriding paragraph properties

§30.2.4 Stripping paragraph properties

§30.2.5 Providing content for empty paragraphs

See also:

§30.8 Configuring preformatted text for HTML/XML

§30.9 Converting footnotes to HTML or XML

§30.10 Converting list formats to HTML (deprecated)

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Parent Topic: 30. Mapping text formats to HTML/XML

Sibling Topics:

30.1 Choosing how to map formats

30.3 Mapping character formats

30.4 Mapping special characters

30.5 Mapping fonts

30.6 Managing typographic elements for HTML or XML

30.7 Specifying text colors

30.8 Configuring preformatted text for HTML/XML

30.9 Converting footnotes to HTML or XML

30.10 Converting list formats to HTML (deprecated)